In Popular Culture
In May 2006, a soldier made national headlines after giving his Purple Heart to a girl who had written many letters to troops.
In May 2007, Vietnam veteran Jerrell Hudman announced that he planned to give one of his three Purple Hearts to George, a Jack Russell terrier. George died from injuries sustained when he saved a group of five children from being mauled by two pit bull terriers in New Zealand.
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